The Leaf demonstrated in Laguna Seca their true potential
We’re not talking about the 80 kW engine are the new kings of the legendary American circuit, this time the comparison has been done, apart from the speed, has yielded some interesting data regarding the electrical system reliability with respect to models such as the Tesla Roadster or the Mini E.
But to make sense of this news we have to go back a few months ago, when the founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, branded the Jurassic Leaf pack, to use a system to understand too conservative and classic, with respect to its modern cylindrical batteries. Now, after the experience at Laguna Seca, the pilots have ruled in favor of the Leaf because according to these “transmission, battery management system Battery Leaf are solid. To my surprise, almost all electric vehicles had used heat management problems after two to five laps.
In particular, the Tesla Roadster were getting dangerously close to cutting power to reach the fourth or fifth round. For its part, Nissan Leaf has worked smoothly throughout the day and the temperature gauge did not move the battery “Are times? Is unimportant but for those who need to satisfy the curiosity that the Tesla, with almost twice the power of the Nissan, managed to finish a lap in 1 minute 50 seconds, 20 seconds faster than the Leaf.